African shrike-flycatcher

The African shrike-flycatcher or red-eyed shrike-flycatcher (Megabyas flammulatus) is a species of bird in the family Vangidae.[2] It is monotypic within the genus Megabyas.[3] It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

African shrike-flycatcher
Male specimen at Nairobi National Museum

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vangidae
Genus: Megabyas
Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855
Species:
M. flammulatus
Binomial name
Megabyas flammulatus
(Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855)
Synonyms

Bias flammulatus

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Megabyas flammulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Louette, M. (2019). "African Shrike-flycatcher (Megabyas flammulatus)". In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D. A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  3. Harris, Tony; Franklin, Kim (2010). Shrikes and Bush-shrikes. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-4081-3457-3.


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